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W. R. KENNY.

SOUND REPRODUCING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-2| 1919.

1,390,041 PatentedSept. 6, 1921.

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souun REPRODUCING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2. I919.

Patented Sept. 6, 1921.

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SOUND REPRODUCING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2,. m9.

1,390,041 PatentedSept. 6, 1921.

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SOUND REPRODUCING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2. 1919.

1,390,041 Pfitentedsept- 6, 1921.

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UNITED "-STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOUND-REPRODUCING MACHINE.

Specification of Letterslatent.

Patented Sept. 6, 1921.

Application filed September 2, 1919. Serial No. 321,196.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, .VALTnn' ROBERT KENNY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sound-Reproducing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sound reproducing machines, and the objects of the invention are to permit of a plurality of records being placed in the machine and successively played, to provide means whereby the tone-arm may be rotated into position and the needle lowered and elevated at predetermined moments, such as when finishing a record and preparatory to starting a new record.

Further objects are to provide electrical driving means which maybe automatically controlled so that the table receiving the disks to be played will be rotated at a predetermined speed calculated to give good results, to provide means whereby the successive records on being delivered to the table will be superposed on 7 those already played, and will be delivered to the table with an angular velocity, so;that there will be no jarring on therecord, and it will take up its position on the table or on another reeord with the motion of the table and will not in any way impede or interfere with the actuation of the machine.

Further objects are to permit of a record being replayed without impairing the efficiency of the machine, that is, without ultimately interrupting the cycle of operations which-will be followed to complete the playing of'subsequent records, then included in the magazine of the machine. to provide means for automatically cutting out the driving motor in the event of all the records on the machine having been played, and

a further actuationoit the machine has beenmade to play another record beyond the ca pacity for which themachine is designed.

Further objects are to provide means for permitting standard records. irrespective of size. being automatically played, to effectively regulate the time occupied in rotating the tone arm after disengaging the medle from a record which has been played, and during that period intervening before matio the needle is engaged with a new record about to be played.

Fi 1rther objects are to facilitate discontinuing-the playing of a record and starting the cycle of operations for the playing of a subsequent record, to provide means whereby thefirst or last portion of any record can be so covered as not to be engaged by the needle so that a preferred part of the record can then be played.

Further objects still are to facilitate removing the played records and re-adjusting the table to its normal position preparatory to placing a new series of records in the machine to be played.

lVith the above and other objects in view the invention consists essentially of the improved construction particularly described and set r'orth in the following specification and accompanying drawings forming part of the same.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical section of a gramophone embodying my inventron.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation of the tone arm.

Fig. 42 is a fragmentary transverse section of the upper part of the casing showing the motor drive of the tone arm.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the autofeed means whereby the records are fedsuccessively to the table.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the disk or record equipped with my improved central and peripheral contacts.

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section of the disk or records such as are illustrated in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged transverse section of the peripheral contact of a disk.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged transverse section of the central contact of the disk.

Fig. 10 is a diagrammatic view of the wiring controlling the operation of the motor drive of the tone arm.

Fig. 11 is a diagrammatic view of the wiring controlling the actuation of the main drive of the machine.

Fig. 12 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the spindle and sleeve of the table.

Fig. 13 is an enlarged sectional elevation 21, pivoted about the said point.

of the tubular guide controlling the record releasing mechanism.

Fig. 14 is a perspective view of the collector rings.

Fig. 15 is a fragmentary perspective view of a contact designed to be carried by the tone arm.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a sound reproducing machine comprising a casing 10 housing the mechanism, the said casing being provided in the upper wall with a depression or well 11 located eccentrically of the top. In this well 11 a metallic table 12 is operatively mounted and provided with an integral sleeve 13 having a flange at the lower end, the said sleeve being slidably mounted in the casing and slidably engaging with a spindle 14 which is journaled at the lower end in a step bearing 15, and has its upper end normally projecting for a short distance above the upper edge of the well.

The lower flanged end of the sleeve 13 rests on a laterally extending arm 16 carried by a tubular guide member 17 which is slidably mounted on the guide 18 carried by the casing, and the upper end of this tubular guide member is provided with a rack 19.

This rack is duplicated, being formed on two opposite faces and one rack coacts with a pivotally mounted curvilinear dog 20 rigidly connected at a median point to a lever The outer end of the lever 21 is connected to a vertically disposed rod 22 slidably mounted in the casing 10 and terminating at the upper end in an enlarged head 23 designed to coact with a hinged spring controlled trip member 24, which is intermittently de pressed to actuate the curvilinear arm 20 in a manner to be made clear hereafter.

The opposite rack meshes with a gear 25 rotatably mounted on a spindle suitably supported in the casing, and this gear meshes with a rack 26 on one arm of the Z-shaped bar 27, the upper arm of which is vertically disposed, and the upper arm extends through the upper wall of the casing and terminates in a beveled end 28.

This beveled end is designed, when fed upwardly during the operation of the machine, to successfully engage with pivotally I mounted dogs 29 mounted on a rod 30 extending vertically from the upper face of the casing 10.

These dogs 29 are controlled by springs 31 which connect each dog with a corresponding arm 32 carried by the rod 30 and these dogs are designed to engage with the peripheral recess 33 in the peripheral contact clamp 34 secured to the outer edge of the records 35.

The central portion of the record is embraced by conducting contact clamps .36, the bosses of which are provided with curvilinear grooves 37 adapted to engage with the thread 38 on a central spindle 39 which forms the magazine on which the records are placed, and this magazine is supported from an angle bracket 40 mounted on the upper face of the casing.

The tone arm 41 is formed in two portions, the upper portion engaging with a lower portion which communicates with the horn 42, and the lower portion is provided with a gear 43 having a plurality of serrations or teeth 44 on the upper face, and this gear meshes with a gear 45 carried by the vertically disposed spindle 46 which is suitably journaled in the casing 10.

The spindle 46 carries a beveled gear 47 adapted to mesh with the beveled gear 48 carried by the motor shaft of the motor 49, and this motor is designed to intermittently rotate the tone arm through the major are of a circle to reengage the needle with a new record after the old record has been played. The serrations 44 are engaged by slidably mounted detents 9 which prevent any excessive backward movement of the tone arm, but during the forward rotation of the tone arm the detents ride over the teeth.

Motion is transmitted to the table 12 through intermeshing gears 50 and 51, the former of which is floating on a sleeve 13, while the latter is mounted on a vertically disposed spindle 52 suitably journaled in the casing 10, and provided with a gear 53 adapted to mesh with the gear 54 of the prime mover 55.

The gear 50 also meshes with the gear 56 connected with a governor which controls the speed at which the machine is operated.

The spindle 14 is designed to be rotated simultaneously with the sleeve 13, and to this end I provide a transversely extending pin 57 which slidably engages with the longitudinally extending slot 58 in the said sleeve, so that while the table 12 and sleeve 13 are thus capable of being moved up wardly the sleeve transmits rotary motion to the spindle, and since the gear 50 is floating on the sleeve 13, the said gear will always remain in mesh with the driving gear 51 on the spindle 52.

The tone arm 41. will when the needle is in engagement with the groove of the record be rotated in a horizontal plane by following the sinuosity of the said groove, and provision has been made whereby the needle will be elevated and lowered at predetermined intervals of time to allow the tone arm 41' to be rotated under the influence of the motor 49.

On the upper portion of the tone arm 41 I have provided three collector rings 60, 61 and 62, the upper ring having a continuous contacting surface, the middle ring having a major sector 63 consisting of a contacting surface and minor sector 64 of non-conduct ing material, while the lower ring has a major sector 65 of non-conducting material and a minor sector 66 of conducting material. The minor conducting sector of the lowest ring is arranged inalineinent with the minor non-conducting sector of the middle ring. I

Coacting with the rings 60, 61 and 62 are brushes 70, 7 1 and 72, and the upper ring 62 is connected through a wire 73, with the windings of the magnet 74, which is connected through the wire with the middle collector ring 61, the brush 71 of which is connected through a wire 76with a source of electric supply 77 I The brush 72 of the upper ring 62 is connected'through the wire 78 with the armature winding-of the'motor 49, and the armature winding is connected through the wire 7 9 with the rheostat 80 connected through wire 81 with the source of electrical supply 77. The wire 76 is provided with a. branch wire 83 connected to the sleeve 13 so that the said branch wire is grounded.

The wire 7 5 is also provided with a branch wire 84 connected to "a contact member 85 carried by the tone arm 41, the said contact member being designed at predetermined intervals of time to engage with theperipheral clamping members 34 and the center clamping member 36 of the record 35.

It will be understood that aconnection will be made through the peripheral clamping member 34 and the center clamping member-36'with the metallic table 12 which willalso form a ground connection.

Under certain circumstances the player may find that he does not wish to continue a record and tothis end I have provided a second auxiliary circuit comprising a. wire 86 connected to the brush 70 of the lower collectorring 60, and this wire'is connected to a switch 87 which may be actuated to bridge-the gap between a terminal 88 and the wire 89, the other end of which is connected to the wire 76.

The operation of the prime mover 55 is controlled by an arm 90 of non-conducting material carried by the arm 16 of the tubular guide member 17, and this arm 90 is provided for the major part of its length.

with a metallic sleeve 91, but the upper fiber end of the arm 90 is'uncovered.

Brushes 92 arelocated on diametrically opposite sides of the metallic sleeve 91 and connected through wires 93 and 94 with the prime mover 55 anda' source of electrical supply 95 which is in turn connected to the prime mover 55 by a. wire Shaving a switch '7 intermediate of its length so that when the tubular guide member 17 has reached its lowermost position in which all the records in the magazine have been played, then the.

brushes 92 will have become disengaged from the metallic sleeve 91 and the upper fiber end of the arm 90 will then be located be tween the said brushes, and thus the circuit is broken and the prime mover 55 cannot be operated, and so cause any damage by continuing the cycle of operations followed during the playing of a record.

It will thus be seen that if a magazine has become emptied the machine will automatically come to a stop and the played records can be removed from the table, the magazine refilled, and the table repositioned preparatory to playing a new set of records placed in the magazine.

lVhen the first record has been placed upon the table and the machine has been started, the needle engaging with the groove in the record moves the tone arm 41 through an arc of a circle in a horizontal plane, and when the record has been finishedthe contact member 85 will have engaged with the center clamping member 36 of the record.

Electrical energy will flow from the source of electrical supply 77 through the wire 81, rheostat 80, wire 79, motor 49, wire 78, brush 72, collector ring 62, Wire 73, electromagnet 74, wire 75, contact member 85, center clamping member 36 to ground through the sleeve 13, the wire 83 through the source of electrical supply thereby energizing the electro-magnet causing the armature 96 to rotate the lever 97 around its pivotal point and thus raise the sound box 99 and needle 100.-

The needle 100 is thus disengaged from the record allowing the tone arm 41 to be rotated over the upper face of the clamping member 36 with the needle clear of said clamping member and when the tone arm has moved through a very small arc of a circle then the brush 71 will have passed over the sector of non-conducting material in the ring '61, and will have again engaged with the conducting portion of the said ring.

Electrical energy now flows from a source of electrical supply 77, wire 81, rheostat 80, wire 79, motor 49, wire 7 8, brush 72, collector ring 62, wire 73, electro-magnet 74, wire 75, collector ring 61, brush 71, wire 76, to the source of electrical supply closing an electric circuit and allowing the tone arm 41 to be mechanically, rotated through the major part of a circle until the brush 71 will have again left the conducting portion of the collector ring 61. a

At this period the contact member 85 will have engaged with the peripheral clamping ring 84 of the record 35 closing an auxiliary circuit including the source of supply 77, wire 81, rheostat 80, wire 7 9, motor 49, wire 78, brush 72, collector ring 62, wire 73, electro-magnet 74, wire 75, conducting member85, peripheral clamping member. 34 of the record, the metallic table 12 of the machine to ground, wire 83 to source of supply completing the circuit, so that the motor 19 will continue to rotate the tone arm 11.

\Vhen the contacting member 85 has become disengaged from the peripheral contacting member 341 of the record 85, the brush 71, will be in contact with the nonconducting sector of the collector ring 61 and the electro-magnet 74: will become deenergized and the sound box 99 will rotate under the gravity about its pivotal point, so the lowered needle 100 will come into contact with the grooves of the record The lowering of this sound box will be gradual and without jar as I have provided a dash pot 101 which is connected with the lever 97 and controls the movement thereof. The needle 100 after engaging the groove of the record 35 will follow the sinuosity of the said groove until the record has been played.

When the record has been completed and during the rotating of the tone arm 11 preparatory to positioning the tone arm to start playing a new record the roller 102 carried by the tone arm 41 will have engaged the spring hinge controlled member 24 depressing the same to engage the rod 22, which is moved longitudinally so that the curvilinear arm 20 willv berocked about its pivotal point, and thus the upper end of the said arm will become disengaged with the teeth on the rack 19 of the tubular guide member 17 but at the same moment the lower end of the arm will have come into the path of a lower tooth of the rack 19 so allowing the tubular guide member 17 to become lowered through a predetermined distance equal to the thickness of the new record, and the peripheral clamping rings.

During this movement of the tubular guide member 17 the pinion 25 will have been rotated and cause the Z-shaped bar 27 to be moved upwardly through a predetermined distance so that the upper arm will have engaged with one of the clips 29 rotating the same in a horizontal plane about its pivotal point and releasing the lowermost record which will start to descend under gravity on the spindle 38.

During the descent of this record 85 rotary motion will be delivered to the record by the thread on the magazine spindle, so that the record will be delivered to and superposed on the played record on the table of the machine, with an angular velocity.

As the tone arm completes its rotation under the action of the motor 49, the needle 100 will be engaged with the groove of the record in the manner above described, and this new record will then be played and the cycle, of operation will be repeated for consecutive records until the magazine is empty.

If it is found necessary or desirable to stop the motor 55 during the playing of a record the switch 7 may be actuated to break the electric circuit including the said motor.

When it is desired to play the first or last part of a record the switch 87 is closed and electric energy flows from the source of supply 77, wire 81, rheostat 80, wire 79 motor 19, wire 78, brush 72, collector ring 62, wire 73, electromagnet 7 4, wire 75, collector ring 61, brush 70, wire 86, switch 87, Wire 89, wire 76, to source of electric supply, so closing a circuit and energizing the magnet 74 to cause the lever 97 to be operated to elevate the sound box 99 and disengage the needle 100 from the record 35.

During this period the motor 19 will rotate the sound arm 11 through the arc of a circle to allow the needle to clear the remainder of the record and then the other circuits previously described come into operation to complete the rotation of the sound arm to commence the playing of another record.

When all the records in the magazine have been played the rod 110 is pulled outwardly so that the gear 111 meshes with the rack 112 on the tubular member 17 and then the rod is rotated to bring the rack 19 into normal position and elevate the table 12 to the upper edge of the well. The played records are then removed from the table.

During this period the magazine spindle 39 has been bodily removed from the bracket 10 and fresh records placed thereon, and then the spindle is replaced preparatory to restarting the machine to play said records.

lVhen the rod 110 is released it is returned to its normal position by the spring 114 and the gear is out of engagement with the rack 112.

It will be understood that the peripheral contact member 34 and the central contact member 36 of a record 35 may be of any desired width so that it will cover any part of the music on the disk which it is not desired to play. In this way only that portion of the groove of the record which is to be played is exposed as has been previously described. The sleeve 13 and table 12 are rotatable with the spindle 14 but the said spindle does not move longitudinally as does the sleeve and it is to permit this longitudinal motion of the sleeve that the slot 58 and pin 57 are provided.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A sound reproducing machine having an elevated magazine, records mounted in the magazine, means for holding the records in position on the magazine, a vertical displaceable rod coacting with the last said means, an adjustable turn table, and means for actuating the rod to liberate the holding means and successively feed the records to the table and simultaneously lower the said table when receiving a new record.

2. A sound reproducing machine having an adjustable table, a magazine designed to successively deliver records to the table to be played, means for locking the records in position on the magazine, a Z-shaped bar controlling the unlocking of the last said means, means for lowering the table when receiving a record, and means intermediate of the last said means whereby the lowering of the table will be simultaneous with the placing of the record thereon.

3. A sound reproducing machine having a table adapted to successively receive records, a tone arm carrying a sound box and needle, means for rotating the tone arm in a horizontal plane comprising collector rings, coacting brushes and an electric motor and source of electrical supply, the said electrical means being moperative while the needle is in engagement with a record.

4. A sound reproducing machine, comprising an adjustable table, rack means-controlling the lowering of the said table, a contact member carried by the rack carrying means, an electric drive for rotating the table, brushes coacting with the contact member the said contact member being designed to pass between the brushes and to become disengaged therefrom when the full complement of records have been played by the machine.

5. A sound reproducing machine comprising-a table, designed to receive records successivel'yfto be played, clampingfmembers on the periphery of the record and the center thereof formed of a conducting material, a

tone arm having a contact member thereon,

electrical means for rotating the tone arm when out of contact with the records, and including in. the circuit the contact members on the record and the table, the said electrical means being rendered inoperative when the tone arm is located over the record.

6. A sound reproducing machine, comprising an adjustable table designed to suecessivelyreceive records to be played, a tone arm, a sound box on the tone arm, a lever connected to the sound box, an electro-magnet controlling the operation of the lever, and a dashpot coacting with the lever, and means for rotating the table, as and for the purpose specified.

7. A sound reproducing machine, comprising a movable table, provided with a sleeve, a spindle coacting with the sleeve, a tubular member having an arm engaging with the lower end of the sleeve, rack means carried by the tubular member, means coacting with the rack for loweringthetubular member through predetermined distances to lower the table, means for rotating the table, and means ior repositioning thetubular memberand-table, as and for the purpose specified.

8, sound reproducing, machine, co nprising an adjustable table having a sleeve, 21. spindle engaging with the table, and rotatable therewith, a tubular guide member having an arm engaging with the sleeve, rack means carried by the tubular member, curvilinear arms coacting with the rack, lever means for actuating the curvilinear arms at predetermined intervals, a second rack on the tubular member, an adjustable rod carrying a gear designed to engage with the said rack, means for successively feeding records to the table to be played, and a tone arm adapted to be automatically repositioned to play each successive record.

'9. A sound reproducing machine, comprising a casing, a table adju'stably mounted on the casing provided with a sleeve, a tubular guide member having an arm engaging with the lower end of the sleeve, rack means carried by the tubular guide member, a curvilinear arm coacting with the rack, a lever carrying the said arm, a rod connected with the lever, a resiliently controlled trip member on the casing, means for successively feeding records to the table to be played, an adjustable tone arm designed to be automatically repositioned to play successively, and roller means carried by the tone arm designed to coact with the trip member and control the lowering of the table as a record is fed thereto.

10. A sound reproducing machine comprising in combination a record table, records provided with central and peripheral conducting portions, means for successively feeding the records on to the record table in electrical contact therewith, a tone arm and electrical means for rotating the tone arm and elevating at predetermined times the sound box carried thereby comprising a motor, a source of current supply having one terminal connected to the motor, collector rings carried by the tone arm, a magnet carried by the tone arm, and means controlled by the magnet for raising and lowering the sound box, electrical connections extending between said magnet and collector rings, a record engaging contact carried by the tone arm, brushes engaging said collector rings, an electrical connection between one of said brushes, and the motor, an electrical connection between another offsaid brushes and the remaining terminal of the source of current supply, a ground connection between said last mentioned'termi'nal and the record table, and a connection between the magnet and the record engaging contact.

11, A sound reproducing machine comprising in combination a record table, records having spaced conducting portions adapted to make electrical contact with the record table when engaged therewith, a tone arm having a' record engaging contact movabledverfthejrecords into engagement with the ccnduc'ting portions thereof, a collector ring carried by the tone arm composed wholly of conducting material, a second collector ring carried by the tone arm having a major sector thereof presenting a conducting surface and a minor sector thereof presenting a non-conducting surface, a third collector ring carried by the tone arm having a major sector thereof presenting a nonconducting surface and a minor sector presenting a conducting surface, a brush engaged with each ring, a motor operable to actuate the tone arm, a connectionleading from the motor to the brush of the first ring, a magnet carried by the tone arm, a connection leading from the first ring to said magnet, a connection leadingfrom the magnet to the record engaging contact, a source of current supply, a connection leading from one terminal of said source of current supply to the motor, and connection leading from the opposite terminal of the source of current supply to the record receiving table and to the brush of the second collector ring respectively, a connection leading from the second collector ring to the magnet. and a switch having one contact connected to the third collector ring and the other contact connected to the second collector ring.

12. In a sound reproducing machine and in combination, a plurality of records, an in dividual supporting means for each record releasably engaged therewith to support the record above the record table.

13. In a sound reproducing machine and in combination a plurality of grooved records, and means engaging in the grooves in the records to releasably support the latter above the record table.

14:- The combination with claim 12, of means for successively releasing the individual record supporting means to eifect feeding of the records on to the record table.

15. In a sound reproducing machine and in combination, a record table, a plurality of records arranged one upon the other and located above the record table, an individual supporting member for each record yieldably engaged therewith, and means for moving the supporting members out of engagement with the records to effect feeding of the latter on to the record table. I

16. In a sound reproducing machine and in combination, a record table, a plurality of records arranged one upon the other and located above the record table, an individual swinging supporting member for each record releasably engaged therewith, and means for successively swinging said supporting members to releasing position to effect successive feeding of the records onto the record table.

17. In a sound reproducing machine and located above the record table, an individual swinging supporting member for each record resiliently pressed into yielding engagement therewith, and means for successively releasing the supporting members to deposit the records on the record table.

18. In a sound reproducing machine and in combination a record table a plurality of grooved records arranged one upon the other and located above the record table, an individual supporting member for each record engaged in the groove thereof and means for successively engaging and moving said supporting members out of engagement with the recordgrooves to effect feeding of the records on to the record table.

19. In a sound reproducing machine and in combination a'record table, a plurality of records arranged one upon the other and located above the record table, an individual supporting member for each record releasably engaged therewith, a vertically movable support for the record table, means operatable upon the completion of each record to lower the record table support and means operable by the movement of said table support to release one of the record supporting members.

20. In a sound reproducing machine and in combination a record table means for successively feedingrecordson to said table, means for lowering said table a definite distance as B ZLCh'IIG-VVLIGCOICI is deposited thereon', a prime mover for rotatingsaid table, and means controlled by the lowering of the table to render the prime mover inoperative as the table reaches its lowermost position.

21/ In a sound reproducing machine, and in combination, a tone'arm, a record table, means operable to successively feedrecords on to said record table, means operable to lower the table a definite distance after the playing of each record and to simultaneously operate the record feeding means to deposit a new record on the table, said lastmentioned means including a depressible member adapted to be engaged by the tone arm as the latter moves away from the record upon completion thereof.

22. A sound reproducing machine comprising in combination, a table, means for successively feeding records on to said record table, means for lowering the table after the. playing of each record, a tone arm, means for rotating the tone arm comprising a motor, collector rings carried by the tone arm, one of said collector rings being formed wholly of conducting 'material and theothers partially formed by conducting material, a record engaging contact carried by the tone arm, suitrent supply, and conducting portions carried by'the records and coactmg with the record table and with the record engaging contact of the tone arm to establish a ground connection to the source of current supply at predetermined times.

23. In a sound reproducing machine and in combination a plurality of records, a record table, mechanism for successively feeding the records to the record table including a central conducting member adapted to extend through the records, and means on each record adapted to hold the same in engagement with the central conducting member, and at the same time act as a contact member for completing an electric circuit with said central conducting member.

In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand.

\VALTER ROBERT KENNYQ 

